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Kid tries to start v8 Miata, almost catches garage on fire

PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 4:53 pm
by teal_dx
http://youtu.be/lrCzOyk0l8A

I hope everyone here has an extinguisher close to where they wrench. :thumb:

And not an open container of gas next to a backfiring engine :roll:

PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 5:14 pm
by brandoff88
wow, did he really try to keep starting it when it caught on fire haha

PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:19 pm
by nd1983
brandoff88 wrote:wow, did he really try to keep starting it when it caught on fire haha

exactly what i thought. wtf

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:17 am
by TrailerTrash
made my night :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:32 am
by teal_dx
And blowing out a gas fire like birthday candles on a cake. :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:47 am
by TrailerTrash
crankin, crankin, crankin... only fools give a carbed motor some throttle to help it start... oh dam its on fire... lets figure this out... oh! hit the starter again! 8)

PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:57 am
by JUICE
shoulda LSx swapped it. :lol:

PostPosted: Wed May 01, 2013 5:19 pm
by ohDirka
The sad thing is he was seriously burned.

Here's the article on Jalopnik. They actually interview him to see what the hell he was thinking.

http://jalopnik.com/?startTime=13673568 ... Returned=7